faults and troubles with shooting projects

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The fun of putting something together

To catch everyone up I did give the guy all the footage from last saturday. I did not realize that MTS files on a mac take a ridiculous long time to render and then even longer to put on a DVD. Note to self, if I can stay away from the xa10 then I will.

Troubles with the school footage:

I must say that this is my fault. I first tried to load all the footage, both the t4i and xa10 at the same time. Note to self never do that. It would have been easier to load just one at a time and cleaner. I now have to sort through a lot of pictures and movies and start making this work. I did not know that shooting with the x-grip would as challenging as I originally thought. It did take away the shakes on the camera but added movement I am not to fond of. It made me realize that I need to practice with this more and find out the proper way to hold it. I did get some great pictures from the t4i so its not a complete failure. Another thing I found is that you can't let 12 years old film with the x-grip either. Again this is my fault. I wanted to let some of the students on and let them help with the project. While this idea was pure, my video did not come back the way I thought it would. But thats fine I will somehow use this art to my advantage and make this project work. Next friday I will go a different route with the interviews and still use the x-grip to try to create an environment that will go with the story.

Letting kids shoot is not a complete failure:

But I must say I did enjoy letting the kids help and I did enjoy watching them help. Was I in constant fear that they would break my equipment, yes, Yes I was. But to see the excitement on their faces was awesome and  I will try my best to use their shots for the promo. This will be challenging and exciting. I hope that I get to use them again next friday. I think that if I can somehow make it known that the kids help, it will not only help the school but would help me in the long run.

Making a long term project

I am thinking of making a movie. I have a documentary idea that has been in my head for 18 months now. And since I do have the equipment to make it work I need to start writing it. So my next step is finding out how to write a script and making plans to writing this. This project would take me two years to do so I need to get on this if I want to do it.

I can only change my world with one story at a time so HERE... WE... GO!

"To change the world you must first share your story"